Category Archives: Life This Month

After months of uncertainty, I finally know the direction my future will go. At the end of this month, I am going to Japan. This time, it will not be a temporary 3-month short stay. This time, I am going to be there for real. This is the moment I have always been waiting for. My application process started in April of this year, but my desire to live in Japan started years and years ago in high school. However, as my remaining time in the US dwindles, the emotions I felt was not happiness nor excitement. Instead, all of my attention was focused here, on all the things I want to finish before I depart for Japan.

On the 2nd, I started building HMM Liger Zero’s Jager armor. My intention was to finish it in a couple weeks, and then maybe have enough time to build the Schneider armor as well. While it didn’t seem like a set of armor would take much time initially, the parting line and surface clean up (especially on the shoulders) took too long. In the end, I had to rush, staying up late at night to complete the remaining parts. Continue Reading

August wasn’t a very good month. For whatever reason, everything for the blog just couldn’t go smoothly and the whole month wasn’t very productive in that regard. I was unable to take any decent photos for any of my finished models. MG Exia, HG Barabtos, Valvrave, HMM Blade Liger. I just couldn’t put together a proper post for any of them. Giving up temporarily, I decided to focus on getting hobby stuff done, but still fell a little short of my intended goals for that. Continue Reading

Here I am at the end of another month. A lot of things felt like they happened so long ago, and yet, I am also astounded that more than half of this year is already gone. I enjoyed and finished a number of things this month. Still, there is so much left to do. I must keep moving forward. Continue Reading

For most of June, I spent my time updating the blog and writing new posts. In order for me to move forward in my hobby life and upload new content, I must finish the entire backlog of photos I have accumulated over the past few years. Look forward to new updates coming soon. As for what I did besides staring at the monitor:

On the 1st of this month, I played some SAO:Lost Song. I reached what appears to be the last dungeon and the climax of the story? I can’t help but feel this disconnect of immersion when during cutscenes, the characters talks of challenge and adversity but then the gameplay was really easy. In fact, there wasn’t even much monsters to begin with. Anyways, I fought a duel and Rain told us her secret. I also proceeded with Yuuki’s character events and unlocked her unique sword skill, Mother’s Rosario. Awesome that they have that sword skill in this game. Continue Reading

This month was a long month for me. I did a lot in May, and it started with good news. I have been job hunting since the year started, and finally the future seems promising. More on this at the end of the post.

May 6th was a rainy day, and it felt good. The temperature and lighting was very comfortable, making it the perfect day to play inside. So I hopped onto my bed and played SAO:Lost Song. It has been at least a few months since I last played the game, where I had unlocked the final region. Today, I defeated a boss, unlocking what seems to be the final dungeon of the game. I stopped there and switched over to reading Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai, starting vol.18. I also posed the Gundams on my desk a bit, and worked on the HG Barbatos. Continue Reading!

If March could be summarized as job hunting the whole month, then April isn’t much different. This month started off with two online interviews and both ended up in rejection. Back to square one. I continued to send out more applications and emails, but nothing.

March was not a very fun month for me, especially the latter half. After deciding that I truly do not want to stay in the US for any longer, my current objective is simple, to get to Japan as soon as possible someway somehow. So I spent a lot of my time searching for jobs that I can apply for online and writing a corresponding resume and cover letter for the job type. By the end of the month, I submitted 16 applications.Continue Reading!

When I initially started typing up this post, I thought that I wasted a lot of time and didn’t do much this month, but it turns out I had more to type than I thought. I still feel that I could have been more productive though. I returned to using Google Calendar for a while, but stopped again when I realized that it was more of a hassle than help. Continue Reading!

2016! I wanted this new year to start off good. Blog-wise, I put out some new posts and prevented them from joining the backlog of posts to type up. I really want to get into gear and clear my backlog so that I can focus on future and new content instead. Of course, working on my blog on top of the other gazillion things I need to work on is tough, but I intend on conquering them all.

For most of November, I was abroad in China, visiting relatives and sightseeing to know the country better. I went to a lot of places and did a lot of things during those 3 weeks. Too much to organize and talk about in a short amount of time. So much like my trip abroad to Japan in 2014, they will have to stay blank for the time being.

I returned to the States on the 2nd. It is nice to be back in my own room again. Still not satisfied with how my desk looked, I replaced the fabric that covered part of the table, reorganizing the stuff on it at the same time. Continue Reading